Soulmates

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"I really don't like the vibes in this room man." Corey said as he hesitated to put his fingers on the planchette. "It'll be fine! It's fun, see?" I asked and moved the planchette in a circle.

"Let's just get it over with, then we can go to the elevator, go to Richard Ramirez's room then get the hell out." Jake said as we all nodded. "Sounds like a plan." Sam said then looked down at the board.

"Ouija we are here." Sam said as we moved the planchette. "Is there anyone here with us?" Colby asked as I kept my eyes on the planchette. It moved slowly to yes as the atmosphere in the room thickened.

"That wasn't any of you, right?" I asked and looked at each of them. "No...what's your name?" Sam asked and looked at the board. "Why is it moving to no?" I asked as the planchette slowly moved.

"I don't know...is this Elisa?" Colby asked as the planchette moved slowly.

M-u-r-d-e-r.

"You were murdered?" Sam asked as feeling of dread filled my chest. "Who murdered you?" I whispered as I brought my free hand to my heart, rubbing at it.

W-a-t-e-r.

"You were put in the water tank." I stated as my chest clenched up almost as if it was filling with water. "So this is Elisa." Sam said as I coughed. "Can we stop for just a second?" I asked as I tried to clear the pain in my chest.

"Yeah, goodbye." Colby said then turned to me as I patted my chest gently. "You okay?" He asked as I nodded. "Yeah, my chest just got really tight." I said and let out a sigh.

"We can stop if you want." Sam said as Colby rubbed my back. "No, I'm good. It just felt like I was drowning for a second. We can keep going." I said then shook my hands out and put my hand back on the planchette.

"Let's do this." I said then looked up at the guys. "You're sure you're okay?" Colby asked as I nodded. "Yeah, I'm great." I said with a smile then took his hand with my free hand.

"I don't want to do it again." Corey whined as Colby squeezed my hand gently. "That sucks." Jake said then put his hand on the planchette.

We sat around and tried to communicate on the board but nothing was coming through.

"Sorry for ruining the session." I said with a sigh as Sam packed the board up. "It's not your fault, V."Colby said as I shrugged. "It really is, but maybe we can try again later." I said and stood up.

"Are we going to the elevator next?" Corey asked as we slowly made our way out of the room. "That's gonna be fucking horrible." Corey said as Colby put his hand on my lower back.

"Yeah..I'm nervous since the last time we were in an elevator." I said with a dry laugh. "Yeah, how about we don't get trapped in an alternate reality this time." Colby said as we walked towards the elevator.

"I just don't want the elevator to crash." I said as Corey gasped. "Don't speak that into existence!" He hissed causing me to laugh.

"We'll be fine." I said then pushed the button. "We better be." Corey said we the doors opened.

As soon as we stepped into the elevator I felt my chest clench again. "Ooh..." I mumbled as I put my hand on my chest. "Are you okay?" Colby asked as I nodded. "There's something in here." I said and scratched my chest anxiously.

"We don't have to do this, V." Colby said as I shook my head. "I'll be fine..we should do an EVP in here." I said and chewed my lip. "That's a good idea." Sam said as Corey pulled a recording device out of his pocket.

"Is anyone here?" Sam asked as Colby pulled me to him by my waist. I was taken back by the amount of fear that was flooding my chest since I knew that emotion wasn't mine.

"She's scared." I whispered then took a deep breath. "You don't have to be scared." I said and leaned into Colby as the elevator made its way up to the 14th floor.

"Was someone fallowing you? Is that why you looked scared in the video?" Sam asked as the familiar feeling of paranoia flooded my system.

"Oh my god." I whispered then looked around. "What's wrong?" Colby asked as I shook my head. "I think someone was stalking her." I said and looked up at him. "What makes you say that?" He asked as I brought my hand to my chest again.

"The paranoia is back, but it's not my own paranoia. It's scarier...like someone's coming after me." I explained as the elevator stopped. "Is that what happened?" Sam asked and held up the recorder.

We stood in silence for a second before my heart started beating out of my chest. "I'm gonna get out." I said then slowly made my way out of the elevator.

"Hey, you're okay." Colby said and walked out with me, pulling me in for a hug. As soon as I was out of the elevator it felt like a weight had been lifted from my chest. "Yeah, I feel fine now." I said with a small smile.

"You're so tough." He said and brushed my hair from my face. "Yeah, yeah." I said then scrunched my nose at him. "Are you having fun?" He asked as we waited for the guys to finish up with filming in the elevator.

"Yeah, I missed doing this kind of stuff even if it's painful sometimes." I said and wrapped my arms around his waist, resting my head on his chest. "So like...how do you know which emotions are yours and which aren't?" He asked as I shrugged.

"I don't know, it's hard to explain. It's like, I feel my own at the same time as theirs, but their feelings are stronger. Like when I started to feel paranoid I knew it wasn't me because I could feel my own excitement. Does that make sense?" I asked with a laugh.

"Yeah, it makes sense. I think it's super cool." He said then kissed my forehead as the elevator door opened. "I do too, I wish I could control it more though." I said and pulled away from him as the guys came out into the hallway.

"Maybe it would be cool to go to a medium or something." Colby said as I nodded. "Yeah, I'll think about it." I said then turned to the guys. "Are we ready to go to a murderer's room?" I asked with a grin.

"You're crazy." Corey scoffed as I laughed. "Yep, come on!" I said then skipped down the hallway.

"What's the room number?" I asked and turned around to face Jake. "1419." He said as I nodded and looked at each door. "Holy shit." I mumbled as Sam and Colby came up to me. "What's wrong?" Sam asked as I pointed to the blank door.

"They took the room number off." I said as Jake came over with the camera. "Yeah, I noticed that the last time I came." He said as the nerves picked up in my chest.

Since the whole Peter thing I have been on edge about men so the fact that we were going into the room of a former serial killer was giving me anxiety.

I was afraid of communicating with him and I was afraid of feeling his feelings.

"Vi, are you coming?" Colby asked, pulling me from my thoughts. "Oh....uh...yeah." I said then smiled. "You don't have to if you don't want to, ya know." He said and walked back into the hallway, closing the door so the others were in Richard's room.

"I know, I just have a bad feeling. I'll be okay." I said then rested my hand in his cheek. "I know you will, but we don't have to go in. I don't want anything to happen to you." He said as I nodded. "I know. I just wanna see the room, but if I get a bad feeling can we leave?" I asked as he pulled me in and kissed my forehead.

"Yeah, of course." He said then turned to open the door. When we walked in I immediately felt the heaviness but it wasn't unbearable.

"You guys okay?" Sam asked as we milled around the room. "Yeah." I said then walked towards the bathroom. "Fuck." I whispered as the fear in my chest became overwhelming.

I opened my mouth to ask Colby to leave but instead bile came climbing up my throat. There was something so gut wrenching knowing that he would come into this room and shower off the blood after he murdered someone.

It was sickening.